Meat-cutting machine.



No. 840,041. PATENTED JAN.1, 1907. FJA. GAFENER, L. BUMP, EL GUST L J. SHIELDS.

MEAT CUTTING MAGHINE.

APPLIUATION HLED MAR.s.19o.

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l wanton No. 840,041. PATENTED JAN. l, 1907.

F. A. GAPENBR, L. BUMP, E. GUST & J. SHIELDS.

y MEAT CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLUATION FILED MAILS. 1906.

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3G the Fumioi or outer cyiiiider of the machine. 'lhis'iuiuel or outer f wliliuder is provided inner end with mi enlargeiiient Si, iiiterioriy tl'iresdeill to engage the :hinge i of o vliuder Si, and it is provided also g with beveled teeth EL? on its iur-ier showin in Fig. f5. The* tooth E2 arrl desigriied to he engaged hij spring-dogs 233. carried hy a body 3i which is pivotod :it 35 to the oir fr side of the eylimler :md is provided with a Literally-sui!legio iiijgolwpieoe to hear against tl tooth $32, as .'l. The "ian-Si 'il svrihed ell' c,- tuali preventcasual turn 4olthe lumiel or outer eli/hinder 30 in a ha( :ii-ard direction, and this will he noted an inihor'talit advzur tage when is stated that the said funnel or outer cylinder 3U servesiiiy reason of its hiterior shoulder 55T to hold. 'the primary foi-:imiiiated. disk against the prirmiry lriiile and to its work. When it desired for any purpose to turn 'the {urine} or outer cylinder 30 oi` the iirider 5, the operator has hut 'to swing tl io ".rfiiiH-e 3h iaterally outward from ie u the pivot f-, when, es will ie dij afpimren,Y the iodjf 3lA may he roelod, 1r 'the direction .indicated h ifarrowiu Fig'. 2%, u the spring-dogs ou t oly or @it ahh the teeth 32. This will mirri-- ,-iif; the 'funnel vor outer f fyiiiider. ie i ay 'thou he turned oilx the n Jut li le ei'i'oit.

conveyor of the A eudii'ailly in The said servir conveyor is rear end with au angular the angular end lei of the '.'z also provided irl its forward "io preier to ireaded socket l l. M increase 'the diameter oi thesorew f1 from its rear end to itsl forward iown, hut do uot desire to he under- .iiuiiig ourseii'es to such silieeiiio socket elfi is for 'iflio reeei'etiou oi end oif a suhshaft 42., which, in L eli(l de1i(i,li=,is :m interim por ou 43, :i circular plain porau zuwider eud v The shalt i to erinnert tile pririiarjf :e ruyiiiider o o 'ter a s. .f @sassi l (Si is a suhshaft screwed into the sock et 5i i of the secondary oouveyer 50 and having an l intermediate angular portion (32- and an outer i circular portieri.. 63 is the secondary foraiuiusted dislguhioh receives the said outer portion of the suhsliaft and is held against turrv l ing in the funnel or outer cylinder by a key l (54. (Shown iu Fig,` 4.). i 7() is the primary knife, and S0 is the sec l ondary knife, which are arranged to turn l close against the faces of the disks 6() and 63, i respectively, es shown in Fig. l. The oonstruction of the said knives is shown in Fig. Ll, and hy reference to said 'figure it Will be clearly understood that the knives have re- 1 eliriiiig blades 90. pri'ivided with convex outtirrr edg'es 91 beveled at their rear sides.

, host shown in Figs. Zand 5, the pri l mary1 disk 60 has two groups of transverse l aperturesi. e., a group of largo apertures L 92 au@ a group of medium-size apertures 93. Esch of the said apertures is drilled 'partly l through the disk to a point adjacent the side tiierooi which is presented to the knife 70 l and is their gradually diminished iii diameter l to the said side, whereby it will be seeiithat l the mittiug efiieierioy oiE the aperture is ma l terially increased. vlt Wiil also he seen that l lieoause of apertures heilig of even. diaml' iter from their diminished portions to their i forward ends they 'permit 'iree passage ofthe l| out meat through the disk. The large apetures .Q2 are arranged 'Pour in a reef, and l any d isired .number of rows may Ybe emi pioyid. it wiil he noticed, however, that the reoliiiatioii of the ro opposite to that i oi the blades of the knife 70, this being advailtageoiis, simo it contributes materially i in enabling the maehiiie to out easily. @i i the imeifiuiii-size heiss the rows are oi" seven l hoies each; hut will be notieed that these rows are reoliriod aise iii e hieetioii opposite l to that of the l iiil'e-hiailes. The .holes 99 in l the secondary disk {355- similar to the hoies l U2 and 9S of the disk (d0, with the exception that they are Said holes 99 are 1 l l l I i l l I in the praetieal operation of our novei ma? shine the shai't 1,3 is rotatedarid the" meat to he out is pla i or '.ied into the hopper 1i. thi this being done the primary oorrveyer 40 will l'eed the meat toward the disk 6G, Where z f the meat .riil he redured to certain sienes and l iforeed through the apertures iu 'the disk ,into i the iumiei or cylinder si?. in this ter the meat. "wiii he forced forward. by the t serrare, .5G and wiii bei' harged iu a hor-w" iuoei; state through. the apertures se is mi@ sia se.

n fo the ieit s i it will he i sa@ noted that the disk 63 is held in position by an annularnut 98, which is threaded to engage the Athreaded outer end of the funnel or sleeve 30 and is provided With an inwardlydirected flange arranged against the outer side of the disk 63. The nut 98 serves to position and retain in proper position relative to the knife 80 and the screw conveyer 50 the secondary foraminated disk 63, While the funnel or outer cylinder 30 serves a similar purpose With reference to the primary foraminated disk 60.

lt will be gathered from theforegoin that our novel.' machine, -while possessed' o high capacity, is simple, compact, and inexpensive in construction, is adapted to be easilyoperated and taken care of, and is free from delicate parts such as are likely to get out of order after a short period of use. v

Having described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

A meat cutting machine comprising a main frame having a cylinder` exteriorly threaded at its outer end, a funnel or outer cylinder having aninteriorly-threaded inner end turned on the outer end of the first-mentioned cylinderV and also having beveled vteeth on said inner end', a dog arranged. to

engagp said teeth, a body carrying said dog and lcrumed on the side of the rst-men tioned cylinder and arranged to swing in the direction of the length thereof, a finger-piece pivoted to the opposite end of said body, with reference to the dog, and arran ed to swing at a right angle to the directiouin which the body is movable, whereby it may be moved into and out of engagement with the teeth on the end of the funnel or outer cylinder, conveyers arranged in the cylinders7 an auxiliary shaft connected to one conveyer and having an angular end arranged in anangular socket of the other onveyer, primary and secondary foraminated disks and knives, a shaft-bearing in the main frame and connected to the inner conveyer, a bearing-ring surrounding the shaft and opposed to an abutment in the main frame,` a second bearing-ring mounted on the shaft at the inner end of the innerconveyer, and antifriction devices interposed between the bearingrin s.

K n testimony whereof VWe have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.`

FRANK A. CAPENER.

LUCIUS BUMP. EMIL GUST. JOHN SHIELDS. Witnesses:

EVAN EvANs, W. H. THOMAS. 

